Castle Garden
Hilltop garden on a vanished imperial castle site, with a medieval chapel and Tauber valley views.
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This guide to the Castle Garden in Rothenburg ob der Tauber starts with an absence: the imperial castle where the Hohenstaufen king Conrad the Third once held court, and the earthquake year of thirteen fifty-six. It follows a thread south to Basel and to a team of modern earth scientists with radar and spades, then returns to the stones, an emperor's permission and a small chapel. Best heard at the garden's edge, looking out over the Tauber valley.
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